PRICEVILLE, Alabama -- A Decatur man has been charged in connection to a hit-and-run that left a motorcyclist dead in Priceville early Wednesday, reports The Times' news partner, WHNT News 19.

(Contributed by WHNT News 19)

Priceville police say a motorcycle was hit by an 18-wheeler by the Pilot Travel Center on Alabama 67 just west of the Interstate 65 exit. It happened close to 4:45 a.m. The motorcycle got stuck underneath the truck, throwing the driver across the highway where he was fatally struck by another vehicle that kept moving after hitting him, WHNT reports.

"This vehicle left the scene. Later returned and talked with the police and after interviewing, we arrested the subject for leaving the scene of an accident," Ron Deweese with the Priceville Police Department told WHNT.

The motorcyclist, 45-year-old Mark Montgomery, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to WHNT.

The news station reports the driver who was charged was Jimmy Collins, 36, of Decatur, and his case will likely be referred to the district attorney and a grand jury could issue additional charges.

The truck driver was not injured and has not been charged so far, WHNT report.